GuyPringleandhisnewwife,Harriet,aremembersoftheEnglishcommunityinBucharest,RumaniaontheeveofWorldWarII.Thefilmcatalogsandchronicles,afterthewarbegins,thecharacters[diplomats,literarytypes,spies,pennilessroyalty,gays,lesbians]thatcrossandre-crosstheirpathastheyfleebeforetheadvancingGermanyarmiestoAthensandthentoCairo.